GDK Research â€“ research platform for images of the Great German Art Exhibitions 1937-1944 in Munich

GDK Research publishes unknown photographic documents â€“ evidence of art that was subsidised by the state during the NS era â€“ in order to make source material available for critical discussion and analysis of the Nazi regimeâ€™s art and cultural policies. The historical photographic evidence in the Photo Study Collection of the Zentralinstitut fÃ¼r Kunstgeschichte is part of Germanyâ€™s cultural heritage that was returned in 1946 by the American victors. GDK Research completely acknowledges its responsibility in its careful handling of this difficult, partly problematic and in any case controversial material.read more

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Choose a year and a room in order to explore the exhibits and see how they were displayed. You will receive a short piece of information about every visible work and with one click get access to all photographs of an art piece as well as a detailed description.